Home Education Week and Homeschool Day at the Capitol
Join in the Celebration!
Maine homeschoolers have worked hard over the years to raise public awareness, gain respect and credibility, build relationships within the legislature and strengthen homeschool freedoms. This year, beginning on June 10th through June 16th, we will celebrate our 20th Annual Home Education Week in Maine. (See the Governor’s proclamation below.) To mark the occasion, we have scheduled a Homeschool Day at the Capitol on Tuesday, June 12th. Many events have been planned including tours of the State House, musical presentations, displays, and much more! Here is the agenda for the day:
9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Displays and music in the State House Hall of Flags.
9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Pick up packets in the Hall of Flags to bring to your legislator.
9:00 am and 11:00 am – Tours of the State House. Call the HOME Office (207-763-2880) to sign up.
All Day – Visit your local legislators and thank them for their service and continued support.
All Day – Visit the Maine State Museum or other museums in Maine. To schedule programs and tours, contact the Maine State Museum at 207-287-2301.
Remember to find ways to celebrate and be visible within your own communities, as well. The following is just a sampling of activities that could be planned especially for Home Education Week within individual support groups and families:
Wear a homeschool sticker or button wherever you go during the week of June 10th through June 16th.
Have a potluck meal of thanksgiving with other homeschooling families.
Bake a celebration cake!
Plan a local field trip with a few families or your support group.
Arrange for a homeschooling display at your local library.
Visit a nursing home.
Find ways to volunteer in your community.
Plan a fundraiser to raise money for your support group or for HOME.
Buy a copy of Homeschool Heroes and read it to your family! Copies are available a the HOME Office
However you choose to celebrate during Home Education Week, please take time to give thanks and glory to God for the very precious freedoms we have to teach our children at home. Without continued prayer, vigilance and a strong homeschool presence within each Maine community, our blessings of freedom could be easily taken away. Take pride in what you do, and enjoy your well-deserved week of recognition!
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You've had arguments over the comparative quality of Fried Dough.
You call four inches of snow "a dusting."
You don't understand why there aren't fried clam shacks elsewhere in the county.
You know what an Irving is and the location of 15 of them.
You knew all the flavors at Perry's Nut House.
Your car is covered in yellow-green dust in May.
You can drive the Augusta traffic circle without slowing down.
You've hung out at a gravel pit.
You think a mosquito could be a species of bird.
You once skipped school and went to Bar Harbor, Old Orchard Beach or Reid State Park.
Even your school cafeteria made good chowder.
You've almost fallen asleep driving between Houlton and Presque Isle.
You know how to pronounce Calais.
You've made a meal out of a Jordan's red dye hot-dog, a bag of Humpty Dumpty potato chips and a can of soda.
You've gone to a Grange bean supper.
In high school, you (or a friend) packed Deering Ice Cream cones.
At least once in your life, a seagull pooped on your head.
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There's a fruit and vegetable stand within 10 minutes of your house.
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Your house converts to a B&B every July and August for people from away that you happen to know.
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You have to have the sand cleaned out of your brake system every spring.
You do the majority of your shopping out of Uncle Henry's.
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You know a lobster pot is a trap, not a kettle.
You know not to plant tender crops until the last full moon in May.
You go to the dump and bring back more than you brought.
You've watched "Murder she Wrote" and snickered at the stupid fake accents.
You know how to find the rope swing at the quarry.
You take the New Hampshire toll personally.
You always wave when you see a Maine license plate in another state.
When you're supposed to dress up, you wear flannel with a tie.
There's too much "stuff" in your 2 "cah" garage to get either of your cars into it.
You know what a frappe is.
L.L. Bean's not just a store, it's a way of life.
"The City" means exclusively Portland.
"Salt damage" is a viable insurance claim.
All of the traffic lights blink yellow at 10 o'clock at night.
It's not a storm - it's a Nor'eastah.
"Open 24/7" might as well be Greek.
More stores have "Bienvenue" flags than "Welcome" flags.
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As a child, you played outside in a snow storm without hat, mittens, scarf and with your jacket open because it was just a little cool.
The area around your back door is referred to as "the dooryard".
You eat potato chips with flavors such as "clam dip", "ketchup" and "dill pickle".
You call the basement "downcellah."
There is only one shopping plaza in town.
You use "wicked" as a multipurpose part of speech
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More than 1/2 the meat in your freezer is moose.
You enjoy a hot chocolate more than a margarita.
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If you never say what you paid for an item but how much you "give" for it.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Maine.
